[Judaica] [Stephen Sewall]

An Hebrew Grammar, Collected Chiefly from Those of Mr. Israel Lyons...and the Rev. Richard Grey, D. D

      Boston: Printed by R. and S. Draper, for the Honorable and Reverend the President and Fellows of Harvard-College,, 1763. Quarto. 202 x 125mm. [2],v,[1],83pp. Half title. Contemporary calf backed marbled boards, spine and boards worn, a fresh copy. Corner of E4 torn not affecting text. First edition. This is the second Hebrew grammar produced in America, preceded only by a work by Monis published in 1735. The final twenty-three pages are comprised of a study of Hebrew poetry. Dr. Rosenbach says that the Hebrew types used in printing this book were destroyed by fire in January, 1764.